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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
London County Council 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Table VI.
| Year. | Minor ailments, f | Vision. | Nose and throat. | Dental. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under the Council's scheme. | Otherwise. | Under the Council's scheme. | Otherwise. | Under the Council's scheme. | Otherwise. | Under the Council's scheme. | Otherwise.* | |
| 1923 | 82,475 | 2,235 | 31,986 | 1,573 | 11,936 | 1,162 | 95,332 | 4,722 |
| 1924 | 83,751 | 1,931 | 32,747 | 1,189 | 12,980 | 1,193 | 99,045 | 4,285 |
| 1925 | 91,691 | 2,351 | 36,356 | 1,520 | 15,066 | 1,633 | 112,964 | 4,472 |
| 1926 | 92,683 | 1,961 | 37,985 | 1,687 | 15,168 | 1,615 | 113,932 | 4,321 |
| 1927 | 103,019 | 1,796 | 40,293 | 1,593 | 18,176 | 1,797 | 124,992 | 4,689 |
| 1928 | 101,254 | 1,772 | 40,984 | 1,837 | 20,162 | 2,336 | 129,255 | 4,758 |
| 1929 | 101,666 | 1,615 | 41,620 | 1,905 | 19,903 | 2,282 | 129,952 | 4,473 |
| 1930 | 105,118 | 1,435 | 43,579 | 1,961 | 19,760 | 1,904 | 138,280 | 5,849 |
| 1931 | 106,072 | 1,492 | 44,686 | 2,082 | 20,703 | 1,935 | 139,723 | 5,282 |
| 1932 | 105,024 | 2,726 | 44,172 | 1,811 | 17,364 | 1,793 | 134,769 | 5,195 |
| 1933 | §116,089 | 1,322 | 40,434 | 1,827 | 14,145 | 1,312 | 133,835 | 4,806 |
* It is not possible to give complete figures but those given are the result of following up of medical
inspections. Other children receive dental treatment outside the Council's scheme as a result of dental
inspection.
† Includes skin and head ringworm cases. § Includes 11,876 " nurses' cases."
Table VII.
| Classification. | Council secondary schools. | Other secondary schools. | Council and other junior tech. schools. | Training colleges. | Total. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Boys. | Girls. | Male. | Female | Male. | Female | |
| Number of institutions | 12 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 44 |
| I. Routine detailed examination at— (1) age 12 | 713 | 912 | 824 | 527 | 215 | 6 | — | — | 1,752 | 1,445 |
| (2) age 15 | 455 | 734 | 663 | 414 | 635 | 711 | — | — | 1,753 | 1,859 |
| II. Examination (not necessarily detailed) at other ages (i.e., specials) | 1,345 | 1,432 | 1,309 | 594 | 514 | 619 | 99 | 908 | 3,267 | 3,553 |
| III. Reviewals | 704 | 1,709 | 631 | 332 | 304 | 278 | — | 2 | 1,639 | 2,321 |
| IV. Re-inspections | 370 | 940 | 625 | 256 | 266 | 175 | — | 78 | 1,261 | 1,449 |